Waverley Province

Waverley Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat for its entire existence, often changing parties according to who held government at the time. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Waverley Province Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1976
Abolished	2006
Area	107 km2 (41.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

It was located in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 107km² and included the suburbs of Carnegie, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Noble Park, Oakleigh and Springvale.

Members for Waverley Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Don Saltmarsh	Liberal	1976	Member 2		Party
			1979		Cyril Kennedy	Labor
	Tony Van Vliet[d]	Labor	1982
	Brian Mier	Labor	1982
			1985
			1988
			1992		Andrew Brideson	Liberal
	Maree Luckins	Liberal	1996
			1999
	John Lenders	Labor	2002

^[d] Vliet died 16 October 1982

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Waverley Province

2002 Victorian state election: Waverley Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lenders	67,950	54.0	+6.2
	Liberal	Denise McGill	43,226	34.3	−9.7
	Greens	Heather Welsh	11,238	8.9	+8.8
	Democrats	Polly Morgan	3,447	2.7	−4.3
Total formal votes			125,861	96.2	+0.4
Informal votes			4,915	3.8	−0.4
Turnout			130,776	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Lenders	78,478	62.4	+9.8
	Liberal	Denise McGill	47,362	37.6	−9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.8

References

• "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.